The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come to appreciate it. Tad Williams More Quotes by Tad Williams More Quotes From Tad Williams We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. Tad Williams honestyfearlying Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey. Tad Williams inspiringmemoriestravel You show me what someone listens to, I’ll tell you everything you want to know about his soul. (For instance, a bunch of Nickelback albums would have indicated he never had a soul in the first place.) Tad Williams albumssoulwant ...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce. Tad Williams friescoca-colawine Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important. Tad Williams importantwritingpeople You are only a prisoner when you surrender. Tad Williams prisonersurrender A well-aimed spear is worth three. Tad Williams spearswellsthree Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy. Tad Williams never-trustphilosophypeople After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff of chaos and impose a beginning, middle, and end on it, like the simplest and most profound of folktales, to reflect the shapes of our own tiny lives? And if the physicists are right, that the physical world changes as it is observed, and we are its only known observers, then might we not be bending the entire chaotic universe, the eternal, ever-active Now, to fit that familiar form? Tad Williams bendingprofoundworld As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney. Tad Williams speak-no-evilwould-bewant Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered. Tad Williams eyebrowsdoctorsheart Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. Tad Williams down-andsleeplying I mean, you could lie here day after day, if you wanted to, and think about nothing but waterbugs. Not chase waterbugs, mind you, just think about them. You could spend your whole day, every day, just wondering and pondering about waterbugs, and talking to others about waterbugs . . . and before you realized it, you'd be old. One day you'd realize that you'd never actually seen a waterbug . . . but by then you wouldn't want to, because it would spoil all your beautiful ideas. Tad Williams beautifulmeanlying Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead. Tad Williams cockylazy Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once. Tad Williams sunrisesunsetlight If the bears don't get you, it's home. Tad Williams ifsbearshome When your teeth are gone, learn to like mush. Tad Williams teethgone Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent. Tad Williams dancingdanceinspirational Every man is the hero of his own song. Tad Williams herosongmen Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger. Tad Williams strongerhonestylying
